Additional Help or Supplementary References = These documents contain optional, helpful guidance and examples of best practices.

Mandatory Reference = There are two types: (a) External Mandatory References, which are governing external statutes, Executive Orders, regulations, and authorities; and (b) Internal Mandatory References, which contain mandatory guidance created internally by USAID.

• 200maa
  Guidance on Writing and Reviewing Development Policy | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 200mab
  Promoting Nondiscrimination and Inclusive Development in USAID-Funded Programs | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201maa
  Criteria to Ensure the Quality of the Evaluation Report | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mab
  USAID Evaluation Statement of Work Requirements | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mac
  Index of Existing and Planned Projects for USAID | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mad
  Legal Requirements Summary Checklist | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mae
  Limitations to Disclosure and Exemptions to Public Dissemination of USAID Evaluation Reports | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201maf
  Performance Indicator Reference Sheets (PIRS) Guidance & Template | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mag
  Process for Developing and Approving a Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mah
  USAID Evaluation Report Requirements | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mai
  Activity Approval Memorandum (AAM) | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201maj
  Contingency Operations | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mak
  Country Transition Planning | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mal
  Climate Risk Management for USAID Projects and Activities | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201man
  Process for Obtaining Mission Concurrence for Washington and Regional Mission Funded Activities | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mas
  Counter Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Code of Conduct Guidance | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mat
  Climate Change in USAID Country/Regional Strategies | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mau
  Guidance on the Definition and Use of the Global Health Programs Account | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mav
  Foreign Assistance Act Sections 118 and 119 Tropical Forests and Biodiversity Analysis | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201maw
  Construction Risk Management | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201max
  Regional and Country Development Cooperation Strategy Updates, Amendments and Extensions | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201may
  Key Considerations for Programming in Politically Sensitive Countries | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201maz
  Process for Developing and Approving a Regional Development Cooperation Strategy (RDCS) | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201mba
  Activity Design Process for Acquisition and Assistance Mechanisms | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 201saa
  Results Framework Indicator Annex Template | [Additional Help]
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• 201sab
  Project Financial Plan Template | [Additional Help]
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• 201sac
  Project Management and Implementation Plan Template | [Additional Help]
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• 201sad
  Complexity-aware Monitoring | [Additional Help]
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• 201sae
  USAID Recommended Data Quality Assessment (DQA) Checklist | [Additional Help]
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• 201saf
  Evaluation Triggers | [Additional Help]
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• 201sag
  Action Memo Template for Exception to Public Disclosure of USAID-funded Evaluation | [Additional Help]
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• 201sah
  Evaluation Statement of Work (SOW) Peer Review Process | [Additional Help]
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• 201sai
  Managing the Peer Review of a Draft Evaluation Report | [Additional Help]
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• 201saj
  Developing an Evaluation Dissemination Plan | [Additional Help]
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• 201sak
  Project Approval Memorandum Template | [Additional Help]
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• 201sal
  Staff Roles and Responsibilities for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning | [Additional Help]
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• 201sam
  Project Design and Implementation Process | [Additional Help]
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• 205maa
  USAID Guidance on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 205saa
  Integrating Disability into Gender Analysis | [Additional Help]
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• 20657m1
  Key Individual Certification Narcotics Offenses and Drug Trafficking | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 210maa
  Action Memorandum for the Administrator, USAID Policy on Tobacco, signed January 25, 1999 | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 210saa
  Rationale for USAID Tobacco Policy | [Additional Help]
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211 - Biosafety Review Procedures for the Research, Testing, and Use of Genetically Engineered Organisms

• 211saa
  Biosafety Review Process Flowchart | [Additional Help]
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• 211sab
  Example Scenarios | [Additional Help]
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• 212maa
  Guidelines for Documenting Exceptions to ADS 212.3.2 | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 212saa
  Cross-Sectoral Implementation Guidance for ADS 212: Breastfeeding Promotion, 2001, developed by the Bureau for Global Health (USAID/GH) | [Additional Help]
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• 212sab
  Breastfeeding Background Paper | [Additional Help]
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• 219maa
  Key Facts: Poverty Assessment Tools Reporting | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220maa
  Key Bilateral Funding Mechanisms | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220mac
  Legal Requirements for G2G Assistance | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220mae
  Public Financial Management Risk Assessment Framework (PFMRAF) Manual | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220mag
  Government to Government (G2G) Implementing and Funding Mechanisms Cost Reimbursement Projects | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220mah
  Government to Government Implementing and Funding Mechanisms Fixed Amount Reimbursement | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220maj
  Advances for Government to Government (G2G) Assistance | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220mak
  Process and Documentation Requirements for G2G Assistance | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220mal
  Government-to-Government (G2G) Activity Planning Approval Memorandum (APAM) | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220maq
  Local Systems: A Framework for Supporting Sustained Development | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220saa
  Government to Government (G2G) Programming Lifecycle: Bilateral Project Agreement | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 220sab
  Government to Government (G2G) Programming Lifecycle: Development Objective Agreement | [Additional Help]
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• 220sad
  Government to Government (G2G) Programming Lifecycle: Project Assistance Agreement | [Additional Help]
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• 220sae
  Cost Reimbursement Implementation Letter Template [non-health] | [Additional Help]
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• 220saf
  Cost Reimbursement Implementation Letter Template [health] | [Additional Help]
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• 220sag
  Fixed Amount Reimbursement Implementation Letter Template [non-health] | [Additional Help]
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• 220sah
  Fixed Amount Reimbursement Implementation Letter Template [health] | [Additional Help]
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• 220sai
  SPA Agreement Template | [Additional Help]
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• 220saj
  BoP-GBS Assistance Agreement Template | [Additional Help]
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• 221 maa
  Listing of the Least Developed Countries | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 221mab
  DAC Ex Ante Notification Requirements | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 221mac
  OECD Ex Ante Notification Requirements | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 221mad
  U.S. State Department, Cable Paris 01060 | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 221saa
  Untying and Aid Efficiency | [Additional Help]
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• 221sab
  USAID Support for the Recommendation | [Additional Help]
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• 225saa
  Brief History on Legislation Governing Trade- and Investment-Related Activities and “Impact on Jobs in the United States” and "Workers' Rights" Provisions | [Additional Help]
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• 506s1
  Design of Urban and Environmental Credit (UEC) Program 2 | [Additional Help]
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• 25034s1
  Guaranty Authorization | [Additional Help]
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• 252maa
  U.S. State Department, Cable Paris 01060 | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 252saa
  W-7 Package Cover Letter | [Additional Help]
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• 252sab
  Form W-7 Graphic | [Additional Help]
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• 260maa
  USAID Authorized Geographic Codes: Sorted by Short Country Name PDF

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• 260mac
  Lookup Table of Established Codes | [Mandatory Reference]
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• 119780
  Policy Guidance on Criteria for Payment of Salary Supplements for Host Government Employees
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